# CVE-2022-41328: Fortinet FortiOS Path Traversal Vulnerability

> CVE-2022-41328: Fortinet FortiOS Path Traversal Vulnerability. CVSS 6.5 (CVSS 3.1), in CISA KEV.

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2022-41328
Last updated: 2025-10-21T23:15:24Z

- Published: 2023-03-07 16:04 UTC · Updated: 2025-10-21 23:15 UTC · Assigner: fortinet
- CVSS: 6.5 (CVSS 3.1) · Severity: Medium · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:F/RL:X/RC:C
- EPSS: 10.7%, 96th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: yes, added 2023-03-14, federal due date 2023-04-04, ransomware use: Unknown
- CWE: CWE-22

## Description

A improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory vulnerability ('path traversal') \[CWE-22\] in Fortinet FortiOS version 7.2.0 through 7.2.3, 7.0.0 through 7.0.9 and before 6.4.11 allows a privileged attacker to read and write files on the underlying Linux system via crafted CLI commands.

## CISA required action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

## Affected vendors and products

- Fortinet: FortiOS

## References

- [CVE record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-41328)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-41328)
- [https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-22-369](https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-22-369)

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Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2022-41328 · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2022-41328.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/cves/CVE-2022-41328 · Data licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · Generated 2026-10-26T02:47:39.163Z